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"As for savings, this more economical approach has nearly doubled the price on the first project I've seen (based on competing proposals)... seems that VoIP phones and PoE switches more than offset the savings from a "unified" cable plant."

Since a decent 1 line speakerspone for hospitality costs about X and a decent IP phone from Mitel costs 3X or more, I guess I can see it for the high end motels, but CI's, HIE's, etc are going to be hard pressed to justify the expense, esp since they'll have to have IT-smart folks on-staff! Never mind Harry's very valid comment about customer use/abuse of room phones.

When I was young, I was Liberal. As I aged and wised up, I became Conservative. Now that I'm old, I have settled on Curmudgeon.